Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-03-16

49, -. vhen - - esUes ma minute
Sho 49, eos5y ~ nexl. but I had never
|ooon ~ csuss 81 impatient bsfots.
o. day shs asked nsie ! had svsrS ssn
sOid n. Ribsrston, Who kept ths livery
stable, q dad she told ne, ssnd papa
sAys he Jeft : large fortune. But . stranger
hAs the 6table, and sent rs 1 strange driver.
asked for Mr.. E1berston's carriage, but
description In the 6tAble.r
could mot tell her anything about Marx,
fof The last time I had sesn him was whom
No bAde ~ s respectful goodbye the day
before Ne went 10 The seaside.
Nov, ma'Am, ONE the romantic part.
Nj. Sunderland found ont something. i an
mot tell how or where, md 4 fine rage be
~ in. He was too fond Of Miss Ethel 10
storm 1t her, but be did talk TO her about
the disgrace il would b for her TO marry .
common hack-driver, and he was just in q
panic to ct away from town, though Miss
Ethel told him she had never seen Mark
excepting in the drives.
@Paps,s shs said, Ayou need mot be
have been told--never! I never spoke to
him alone, and probably / shall never see
him again.
She vas very digni6ed about II. though
she va such q little mite, not taller than
many ! child Of fifteen.
We started in the Mediterranean steamer
the very next day after this. Miss Ethel
was comfortably seated on deck, when mp
walked Mr.. Sunderland and another gen.
t1eman.
aAy dear," he said, "let ma intro
duce-S
And then Ethel cried out. @Mark!"
AZ soon a. she spoke her face grew
crimson, and Mr.. Sunderland fairly gasped
with amaxement.
Then Mark said: sPlease allow me to
explain, Mr.. Sunderland. You have known
me-, recently, ~ . rich man, whose father
made money, as 20 many Englishmen do,
| by honest work. / was his only child, and
NO money was spared upon my education,
IL being tho strongest desire OF the dear
| old mans heart to see his son Q gentleman.
But after I left the university I found my
father, advanced in years, very dependent
upon what assistance ! could give him in
his business. He kept 4 livery stable, and
| one day there came an order for q careful
driver for an invalid. My dear mother
was an invalid for years before she died,
and n Of our carriages was bnilt ssps-
| cially for her.
ma s.wili . g o9, r. r.. f9 z c S..a , ia,n aa;vs asked hs,
NV . wv sAO ~ A1N0 yOu NIbSee Out
you wers used TO your mother, and know
just how to drive an invalid
$50 ! went 10 your house, Mr.. Sunder-
land, not only once but many times, and l
became 90 deeply attached to your daughter
that my whole life's happiness was in her
hands. It was my intention to spest~
you 1t once, but my father was -'ficken
down suddenly with illnss, ana g. ne
seemed recovering, We oIoeseu 70 i'aIy, 70
mnined .Isoad for a short time, returning
ory last week, and. as you know, being
Introduced to you by our mutual friend,
Mr.. Hartman, . few days ago.
3When ! called to see you ! learned that
you would sail to-day in this steamer, and
at once secured o cabin for myself. My
affections require q winter in Italy, unless
you bid me return in this same steamer"
But he did noti Having heard the
story. Mr.. Sunderland, who had been
Watching Miss Ethel's face, only said.
sSettle 1t between yourselves! made my
money In ham and bacon, your father made
his in horses. Young people nowadays
generally arrange these matters to suit
themselves"
Then he strolled OF. L wondered il he
would have been quite SO accommodating
If young Mr. Elberston had been q poor
hack driver, even IL he was quite as much
Of q gentleman. ] had to go down to see
about the luggage in the cabin, and so Mr..
Elberston md Miss Ethel had their first
long talk alone. There was n new diamond
ring on the dear child's finger when ] came
up, and the winter in Italy did her worlds
OF good.
For my part. | thought her lover was too
sure OF her 10 suit NEST young ladies', but,
after oil, she was such q child that her &C.
cret was told when she saw him, and cried
MARK" with her whole heart in her voice
and eyes.
Married. Oh, yes, ma'am, nearly five
years ago, aud as happy as possible. They
live with Mr.. Sunderland, and l am sure he
could not love q son of his own more than
he does Mr.. Mark Elberston.